Macy's Day Parade Track 12 from Warning Released 2000Green Day has played this song live 0 time(s).

Lyrics

Today's the Macy's Day Parade
the night of the living dead is on its way
with a credit report for duty call
it's a lifetime guarantee
stuffed in a coffin 10% more free
Red light special at the mausoleum
Give me something that I need
satisfaction guaranteed to you
what's the consolation prize?
economy sized dreams of hope

when I was a kid I thought
I wanted all the things that I haven't got
oh. I learned the hardest way
Then I realized what it took
To tell the difference between
thieves and crooks
A lesson learned to me and you

Give me something that I need
Satisfaction guaranteed
Because I'm thinking about
a brand new hope
the one I've never known
cause now I know
it's all that I wanted

what's the consolation prize?
economy sized dreams of hope
Give me something that I need
Satisfaction guaranteed
Because I'm thinking about
a brand new hope
the one I've never known
and where it goes
and I'm thinking about
the only road
the one I've never known
and where it goes

Because I'm thinking about
a brand new hope
the one I've never known
cause now I know
it's all that I wanted

Song Meaning

As the last track on the album, this song seems to leave the narrator's conflicts unresolved. The song isn't too precise, and uses open-ended metaphors. Lines like "Cause I'm thinkin' 'bout a brand new hope/One I've never known" give the impression that the narrator has his heart set on a new goal, which carries him out of the song and the album alike.